Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 Lesson

This lesson on the 1918 "Spanish Flu" is an excellent resource to connect to the COVID-19 pandemic and compare how Americans reacted to the pandemics.

The download includes a complete lesson plan, 24 primary source images, newspaper clippings, cartoons, ads, and placards. There is also a first-person account of the pandemic, student worksheets, Google resources, links to online materials, and more!

The lesson plan has instructions on how to use all of the materials along with options for what work best with your students and ideas for differentiation.

The 1-page reading is survivor's account of the "Spanish Flu" striking one family and the strategies one grandmother used to help the family get healthy. This is a great one to compare to modern strategies for combating the flu.

The primary sources are collected into 8 groups and can be done:

• In groups
• Individually
• As stations around the room
• Digitally using the Google Slides and Google Docs

Students analyze the resources and take notes on what they learned about the pandemic from them. They then use that to answer a set of analysis questions and complete a Venn Diagram comparing the 1918 pandemic to the coronavirus pandemic.

A complete answer key is included for your convenience!

This can also be downloaded as part of my complete World War 1 Unit Plan Bundle.

Thank you for checking it out!